Thanks Jim for the moral support! We are still tweaking his grip length and seem to be shortening more and more each of his builds. He's always purchased factory rods and never had the opportunity to pick his grip length. It's looking like we'll end up back around 5.5in just enough to bruise the belly. Will be ordering 3-4 6ft mediums of different makes mid week to build on.
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Ok thanks the customer is 6'6 so a 6'8-7'0ft is what I was considering I'm smoking those two blanks over for now. He wants to go all out on trimming weight and increasing sensitive. What guides or series of guides would you suggest for this task?
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Any suggestions for a spinning rod blank setup for skipping docks with braid to flouro leader and weightless soft plastics for bass?
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I thought that weight seemed off myself also. I am going to be building on the CRB blank or at least ordering it. I agree he needs a bulletproof blank and apparently they are or at least can be made. We first built on the MH Shooter blank and it did not cast very well with such a light bait so I'll stay away from anything heavier in the shooter series. The Delta series blanks do look tough and we
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Thanks David and Norman. I actually had a very long conversation with NFC on Thursday. I explained in detail what I needed. They were willing to listen and very knowledgeable but would not suggest any of there blanks that were any less than a heavy action. Every company I've called has simply said we don't have a rod that is rated for that use and I feel like that is a very fair response. I've re
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I know this is mostly your typical advertising hype but hopefully maybe someone can pick something from the blank description that sounds familiar to an available blank. Claims also to be 60million module. BassPro Shops® Extreme® Casting Rods are constructed using our exclusive RT3 graphite and feature Powerwall construction with an integrated exterior carbon slit wrap. This construction process
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Bob and Norman thank you both for your responses I guess I can give you the long and then the short of it. Let's start with the long. This customer is 64 years old, a close friend and a very gifted angler that I've spent many fishing trips with. He has landed an incredible amount of 8-12lb bass in very junky water ( pads, dollar bonnets, coontail, mud mounds, cypress trees and stumps) with you gu
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The rods are snapping into.
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Size 6 3X owner twist lock. I've built 4 on the MHX shooter series blanks. 1 medium heavy and 3 mediums. They are awesome little rods but just can't take that amount of strain. Any suggestions?
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I am attempting to replicate the action, power and durability of a 6ft bass pro shops extreme rod. The rod is a 6ft med light fast action and I'd say it's very much closer to an actual medium power. The model is discontinued and a customer is looking for something similar to replace with. The rod is used for casting weightless soft plastics in extremely thick grass, pads and stumps with 50lb brai
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